Improvement in machines for pasting the ends of collars



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E. CARY. MACHINE 'FOR PASTING THE ENDS OF COLLARS. 177,206.

, Patented May 9,1876.

Bmhlm N. PETERS, PHONUTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON; D. O.

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E. CARY.

MACHINE FOR PASTIIFG THE ENDS OF COLLARS. No. 177,Z0'6. Patented May 9,1876.

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MPETERS. PHOTDJJTHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. DUQ

UNITED S ATEs EDGAR GARY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT m MACHINES FoR PASTIVNG' THE-ENDS oFcoLLARs.

Specification forming part of Letters'PatentNo'.177,206, dated May 1876; application filed January 27, 1876.

To all whom it may concern; Be it known that I, EDGAR CARY, of the, city, county, and State of New York, have in-; vented a new and Improved Machine for Pasting the Ends of Collars, which invention is fully set forth inthe following specification, reference being had to the accompanying? drawing, in which- Figure 1 represents a transverse vertical section. Fig. 2is an -end view. 7 Fig. 3 is a. plan of a collar before its ends have been pasted. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan or top view of my invention.

Similar lettersindicate corresponding parts. This invention consists in the combination of reciprocating pasters, oscillating paste-cis terns, a collar-supporting table, two collarguides, and a treadle,-so that by stepping on the treadle the pasters are brought down upon the ends of the uppermost collar laying on the collar-supporting table, and on releasing 1 the treadle thepasters rise, and the ends of said collar can be readily turned in and made to adhere to the body of the collar. With the collar-supporting table is combined a cam or other'equivalent mechanism for the purpose of bringing the pile of collars resting on said table in the proper position toward the. pasters. With the collar-supporting table and its lifting mechanism and with the pasting devices are combined two pressing-rollers, a drying-drum, and a discharge-trough, so that the collar after having been pasted will pass through the pressing-rollers and round the dryingdrum, whence they are finally. discharged in a finished condition.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a frame, which may be made of cast-iron or any other suitable material. On this frame near its front end are secured two guides, at a, for rods 12 b, which support a traverse, a, while their lower ends are secured to a cross-bar, d, which is fastened to a treadle, B. A spring, 0, which acts on this treadle, serves to raise the same upward to the position shown in the drawing. Any other equivalent device may be substituted for the treadle, and, if desired, the motion of the pasters may be produced by machinery.

On the traverse c are fitted two pasters, G G, which, when the treadle is depressed, nove fer'red to the ends of the collars.

in guide-boxes D D secured to a'bar, E, which forms part of theframe A. This bar, is provided with slots f, (see Fig. 2,)in which the guide-boxes can be adjusted, the pasters being fittedv loosely on the traverse 0, so that they, together with their guide-boxes, can be set forcollars of different sizes. From the inner sides ofthe guide-boxes D D project lugs g, which form the bearingsfor pins h, from which are suspended the paste-cisterns F F with their feed-rollers 6. When the pasters 0 U are raised to their highest position the'pastecisterns, by the'action of springs j, are thrown in such a position that the feed-rollers i bear against the bottom ends of the pasters, so as to supply the same with paste. When the pasters are depressed the pastecisterns are forced out of the way and the paste adhering to the'bottom ends of said pasters is trans- On the edge of each of the pasters is secured a pawl, 70, and when the pasters are depressed these pawls act on ratchet-wheels I mounted on the gudgeons of the feed-rollers t outside of the paste-cisterns. By these means the feed-rollers t are turned in the paste-cistern, so that they present fresh surfaces to the ends of the pasters Whenever said pasters have been depressed and allowed to rise again to their normal positions.

The collars to be pasted are placed on a table, G, which is situated below the pasters, and which moves up and'down in suitable guideways formed in the frame A. With said table is combined a lifting mechanism, which in the example shown in the drawing consists of a cam, H, which is firmly secured on a shaft, 6, on the end of which is mounted a ratchet-wheel, m, to which a step-by-step motion can be imparted by 'a lever-pawl, a.

The table G bears upon the surface of the cam H, and by turning this cam said table is lowered or raised according to the height of the pile of collars placed on it. Any other suitable lifting mechanism may, however, be substituted for the devices just described, and by means of this lifting mechanism the table is kept in the proper relation toward the pasters. I

The collars are retained in the proper position on the table G by guides 0 0, one or both to rise.

of which are adjustable, and the position of which *is so regulated, that the notches p p of the collars (see Fig. 3) will catch over said guides. The ends q q of the collars are creased, so that the same, after having received the proper supply ot'paste, can be readily folded inward by hand.

Behind the pasters O O are situated the pressing-rollers I I and the drying-drum J. The table G is brought in such aposition that the uppermost collar of the pile of collars placed on the table is on a level with the upper surface of the lower pressing-roller. One or more bands, 1', extend round the lower pressing-roller, and round the drying-drum J, said bands being guided by rollers s, Fig. 1, andbeingmade to embrace about threefourthsl of the circumference of the drying-drum. A revolving motion is imparted to the lower pressing-roller by suitable power, and this motion is transmitted to the drying-drum ;by

fthe hand or bands 4". The drying-drum is;

hollow and heated by steam or hot air.

After apile of collars have been placed on thertableG, and said tablehas been adjusted. to the proper'height, the pasters 00 are dew pressed by the treadle B and 'then permitted The "ends of the uppermost collar, which by the action of the pastors have'been;

-supplied-with paste, are then "folded in by, hand, and after theyfhave been made to ad-; hereto the body of the collar, said collar is? pushed 'in between the pressing-rollers I I."

By the action of these rollers the ends 'of the collar'are firmly pressed down upon the body of said collar, and the collar is then caught betweemthe bands 1' and the drying-"drum and carried round until'it discharges into atrough;

K, which extends out through one side of the frame A. By the contact with the heatedg surface 'of' the drying-drum the paste-is dried,

and the collars on being discharged from the machine are in condition to 'be put up in boxes, without furtherdelay. The table G is thcnl raised for thethickness ofonecollar, and'the operation is continued as abovedescribed until the pile of collars first placed on the table has been exhausted. Then the table' is lowered, a fresh pile of collars is introduced, and

the pasting operation is again continued.

For diflerent sizes of collars the pasters and the collar-guides are adjusted without changing any other portioniof the machine. By

these means the operation of pasting collars can be efl'ected with great rapidity.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isa i 1. In a machine for pasting. the ends of collars, the combination of reciprocating pasters, oscillating paste-cisterns, a collar-supporting 1 table, two collar-guides,and a treadleor other equivalent device for imparting to the pasters the required motion, all constructed and operating substantially in the manner shown and described.

2. The combination, with the reciprocating pasters and the collar-supporting table, of a lifting mechanism for adjusting the tablein the proper relation toward the pasters,sdb.

stantially as set forth.

day of January, 1876.

Witnesses:

"W. HAUFF,

FLKASTENHUBER. 

